#5 Bankers Piss Me Off (And Screw Over Gyms) | How the Payment and Insurance Industries Prey on Gyms

When he first started his gym, Dan Uyemura spent a month negotiating a payment processing rate — and thought he’d secured a great deal. Later, a banker and gym member pointed out the truth: with the fine print, Dan’s actual rate with almost 4x what he’d been told. In this episode, Dan and Nick Reyes shine a light on these predatory practices in the payments and insurance industries. They also dig into how PushPress is revolutionizing these spaces with transparency and fair pricing solutions. Have you struggled with the banking or insurance side of running a gym? Share your story — we’d love to help. Timestamps: 01:48 PushPress origin story 03:07 payment hustlers 5:22 The bullshit fee circus 6:10 Insurance rip-offs 8:41 The banker’s playbook 15:48 Tech is smashing scams 19:00 How much PushPress insurance saves gyms